Addicts:
Do you know the maudlin man,
the maudlin man,
the maudlin man?
Do you know the maudlin man,
who lives on dreary lane?
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Survivors:
Sheer will drives heart beats
beats giving up or in
in a perpetual state of loss.
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Demons:
Embrace your demons,
if they’re the only ones
who bothered to stick it out for the long haul.
But even as their sturdy arms
cradle your broken self,
remember they take another piece each time.
And they will never make you whole.
Here’s something just off the keyboard! Unfortunately, this old version of word press can’t import the text boxes at the bottom, so you’ll just have to use your imagination and see them as black boxes with printed words inside. I’m sure you can handle it!!
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Origami
Me? I began as a piece of paper.
I picked up marks along the way, random scribbles here, a word or two there. After a while the odd wrinkle replaced my smooth, white emptiness.
That was how he found me, and I invited him to play. He folded me, first one way then the other. He peeled my corners in, layered me. Pulled bits out and flattened them. Shaped me, creased me. Tenderly opened me up—no longer just a flat sheet—I found myself a sleek vessel joyfully gliding over life’s waves.
(See figure 1)
Content enough to be curious, I assented when he (a different he) discovered in me a new shape. His fingers shifted my folds, squared me, tucked in my edges. He made new angles. His lips ran along my edge and suddenly I had wings. I moved from sea to sky.
(See figure 2)
Never dreaming I could be more, he (that is he number three) whispered new directions. His words altered me as he twisted my creased fibers. He turned me over and inside-out, transformed me into a singular point of light surrounded by infinity.
(See figure 3)
Me? I am a star… except when I am a dancing crane… or a boat, full and fulfilled.
The latest edition of Pear Noir–the one with my story available to read in it–is avaiable for order and will be shipped the beginning of July. Just so you know
My story, The Neighbor’s Cat, appears in the lastest Colored Chalk issue. The magazine is available now to read online or you can download it in print friendly format. From everything I can tell, this publication is “adult content” friendly–so you’ve been warned! Hope you like it.
